The third-year coach has overseen an offseason overhaul in hopes of leading the franchise to its first MLS playoff appearance
Orlando City made a substantial miscalculation. Jason Kreis knows as much now, hindsight being 20/20 and all.
But when the club's front office devised a strategy for the 2017 MLS campaign, an overhaul wasn't in the cards. The Lions had finished just one point shy of a playoff spot in Kreis' first full season in charge. Add a starter here, a depth piece there, and Orlando could ride its spark-plug of a new stadium to the club's first playoff appearance since entering MLS in 2015.